Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather papers, 1890-1989, bulk 1950-1988.

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Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather papers, 1890-1989, bulk 1950-1988.

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The Wrather Papers consist of textual and non-textual materials. Textual holdings include business and personal correspondence, scripts, business memoranda, organizational and administrative records such as budgets, magazine and newspaper articles, scrolls, scrapbooks, and certificates. The non-textual materials are sizable and consist of ephemera, especially movie memorabilia; photographs; personal effects; video tapes; plaques; and books. The collection has a strong run of materials related to the Wrathers' entertainment interests, highlighted by Bonita Granville Wrather's files on the production of the Lassie television series (Series 2) and the Wrathers' production of a Lassie movie in 1977 (Series 2, Subseries D). Also valuable are the production files and scripts from Jack Wrather's movie projects in the late 1940s (Series 1, Subseries D) and the files on the revival of the Lone Ranger as a feature movie in 1981 (Series 1, Subseries C). Jack Wrather's subject files (Series 1, Subseries B) contain information, though limited, on such business ventures as Muzak and on his role in Ronald Reagan's Kitchen Cabinet. This subseries also provides some evidence on the development of Jack Wrather's various businesses into the Wrather Corporation. Further information on the Wrather Corporation and its business interests can be found in Series 5.

105 boxes.15 oversized boxes.6 records storage boxes.3 flat files.printed books 23 items.

Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761378

Loyola Marymount University, William H. Hannon Library

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Wrather, Jack.

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The Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather Papers document the considerable careers of this couple in the areas of entertainment, business, and politics. Bonita Granville (1923-1988) ranked with Mickey Rooney and Jackie Cooper as one of the more popular childhood stars in Hollywood's golden era of the 1930s, noteworthy for playing mean-spirited juveniles in such films as William Wyler's "These Three," for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actres...

Reagan, Ronald, 1911-2004

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Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911-2004) was the 40th President of the United States and served two terms in office from 1981 to 1989. He was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, the second son of Nelle Wilson and John Edward ("Jack") Reagan. His father nicknamed him "Dutch" as a baby. In 1920 the family resettled in Dixon, Illinois. In 1928 Reagan graduated from Dixon High School, where he had been student body president, an actor in school plays, and a student athlete. He partici...

Grenville family

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Granville, Bonita, 1923-1988

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Actress. From the description of Reminiscences of Bonita Granville : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158516 ...